All posts tagged data security

Data breaches increased 49% with almost 1 billion data records compromised in 1,500 attacks in 2014 – a 78% increase in the number of data records either lost or stolen in 2013, a new report by digital security firm Gemalto said. The Netherlands-based firm said about 575 million records were compromised in 2013. Read More »

Think Europe’s corporate IT decision makers are worried about data theft? Sure they are. But they’re even more worried about the threat of tighter data-security regulation in the pipeline in Brussels and other capitals.

According to a survey out Thursday, IT managers at large companies across Europe are nervous about being able to meet new data-security compliance rules recently approved by the European parliament and now being negotiated with the European Union’s member states. Read More »

Trustwave Holdings, the computer security company that audited Target’s protection of payment card data two months before the retailer’s high-profile breach, is denying part of a lawsuit filed against the company in federal court.

Two U.S. banks sued Trustwave this week, accusing the firm of negligence in its work for Target. The banks said in addition to conducting a September audit for the retailer, Trustwave performed around-the-clock monitoring and other cybersecurity services. Read More »

People shouldn’t send sensitive information over public Wi-Fi hot spots because it risks being stolen, the top cybercrime police officer at Europol warned Friday.

Troels Oerting, head of the cybercrime center at Europol—the agency co-ordinating the work of police forces across Europe—said consumers should send personal data only across networks they trust, given the growing number of attacks being carried out by hackers through via public Wi-Fi in places like shops, cafes and restaurants. Read More »